Volleyball sweeps abound

Omak, Brewster, Liberty Bell win

OMAK – The Omak High School volleyball team blanked Tonasket, 3-0, in a Caribou Trail League match Sept. 24.

“We were able to work on running a quicker offense,” Omak coach Brittney Richter said after winning 25-8, 25-12 and 25-10. “The girls kept their momentum going and played pretty consistent throughout each set.”

Mariah Kruse was 17-for-17 serving, Danielle Berntsen had 12 digs and Lindsey Hughes had 7 kills to lead Omak.

“Omak has really improved this year,” Tonasket coach Jackie Gliddon said. “We had trouble getting it done. All across the board we just got beat. Although we missed only two serves the entire night, we didn’t finish the points off.”

Savannah Clinedinst led the Tigers with 4 kills.

“We’ll get back to the gym tomorrow and work on getting stronger at the net,” Gliddon said.

“We weren’t able to get much going,” Okanogan coach Michelle Daling said. “Our youth and inexperience really showed. It seemed like we would play fairly even with them for the first 7 or 8 points of each game, but then they would go on a 7- or 8-point run and we wouldn’t be able to recover.”

“Brewster is really solid.” Daling said. “They aren’t going to beat themselves. We made too many mistakes to be competitive against a team of their caliber. Our girls are focused on improving our fundamentals and trying to be better at the end of the day than we were at the beginning. If we can do that, I think we will be really happy with the product on the court.”